Searching for Hong Kong in Liverpool

The Second City of the Empire; the most important commercial port; the city of dreams for immigrants; the melting pot and hub of popular culture.

From a window on Albert Dock, I contemplated the high praises lavished upon Liverpool. Yet, I cannot help but think that these titles were fittings to another city halfway across the world as well. The Hong Kong of the past; the Hong Kong that I did not really know.

利物浦的香港印象

在春天還不甚和暖的陽光下，站在港口貨倉旁的岸邊，一眺兩岸的風光。這裡是帝國年代的第二城市，重要的商業港，移民城市，文化融爐，流行文化輸出之地。

我到了利物浦。然而以上這句所描寫的，到底是利物浦，還是七八十年代的香港呢？